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ENGLISH GIRLS ON D-DAY

June 6, 2020 by

English girls and young women got engaged during WWII, some more than once. My English mother in law had been engaged several times. I asked her about it.

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SADNESS AND THE ONLY CHILD ALONE ON THEIR DAY

April 12, 2020 by

The Smothers Brothers comedy team had a routine that fit every family, except only child families, when one said to the other, “Mom always liked you best.” Every brother or sister who hasn’t said that missed a golden opportunity for a guilt ridden jab, deserved or not. In some homes it has to go unsaid […]

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ABOUT DAVID GILLASPIE

  That’s thirty-nine year old married David taking the hand-off as a freshly minted Portland State University history graduate. I conquered the drop-out label once and for all. With wife help. My girl didn’t mind dating a college drop-out, but marry one? I fulfilled my educational goal by finishing college before my kids. My wife’s […]

PREEMPTIVE CONVERSATION: SORRY, I WASN’T LISTENING

February 22, 2020 by

When is the best time for a Preemptive Conversation? Married men have different answers than singles, from both sides of the fence: Her side, and yer side.

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MOHS SURGERY: WHAT TO EXPECT, HOW TO REACT

February 3, 2020 by

Mohs surgery is another way of saying: “WTF just happened to my face?” Everyone I’ve talked to has had a similar reaction to this: “I wasn’t expecting anything so dramatic.” Is that a ‘normal’ reaction? Based on experience, I say it is. Here’s why:

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HONEST MEMOIR? WHAT OTHER KIND OF MEMOIR IS THERE

October 24, 2019 by

The guy in the picture is a fellow neck cancer guy, Union General U. S. Grant. He’s also a fellow memoir writer, but was it an honest memoir? Not if he didn’t talk about neck cancer. If it lands on a writer’s neck, wouldn’t it be worth writing about? Like every writer, it was his […]

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HUSBAND CLASS 101: THREE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS

October 21, 2019 by

The most important words to remember after the “I do” that started Husband Class in the beginning? Not the Big Three: “I love you,” with all of the emotional freight. Those three words promise the universe; the other three fill in the blanks. Three words: “Yes, I will.” If it sounds like work, you’re right, […]

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FEELINGS, WHOA, OH, OH, FEELINGS

May 31, 2019 by

Feelings are learned early in life, in the middle, and late in life. Each stage can be as difficult as the last. Who we become depends on how we’ve learned go express our feelings. Especially feelings of love. You never forget feelings of love, right?

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MY PEOPLE, YOUR PEOPLE, AND CHANGE

May 29, 2019 by

I’ve heard but never said, “The thing that never changes is change.” It comes with, “Change is always hard at first.” Not to forget, “Change is a way of life.” Adapting to change is like climbing a mountain. Yes, I climbed a mountain and can check that box, just not a Mt. Everest traffic jam […]

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HOW PERSONALITY AFFECTS HPV16 GYM COMMUNICATION

March 26, 2019 by

I heard a story about a man from a good communication source: My kid told me an older man at my gym with an outgoing personality told him he had the same thing I had, meaning hpv16 neck cancer, throat cancer, tongue cancer, he wasn’t specific but it was cancer in the body part between […]

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